Yersinia kristensenii Bercovier et al., 1980
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Abstract
Yersinia kristensenii is a species of bacteria.Bercovier, Hervé, et al. "Yersinia kristensenii: A new species of Enterobacteriaceae composed of sucrose-negative strains (formerly called atypical Yersinia enterocolitica or Yersinia enterocolitica-like)." Current Microbiology 4.4 (1980): 219-224. It is Gram-negative and its type strain is 105 (=CIP 80–30). It is potentially infectious to mice. It secretes a bacteriocin that targets related species.
Etymology
Yersinia kristensenii, N.L. gen. masc. n. kristensenii, of Kristensen, named after the Danish microbiologist Martin Kristensen, who first isolated this organism. Yersinia kristensenii subsp. rochesterensis, ro.ches.ter.en’sis N.L. masc./fem. adj. rochesterensis, referring to Rochester, Minnesota, United States, where the type strain of this subspecies was isolated.